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• Flights from anywhere in the United States and flights between countries as per your itinerary. (all necessary flights on your trip are included)
• Daily Mass will be scheduled.
• Airport taxes, security fees & fuel surcharges saving you an average of $400-$600!
• Transfers as per itinerary. Transportation with luxury bus
• 4 or 5 star hotels in downtown areas.
• All breakfasts and all dinners. Wine included with all dinners.
• All tips to driver, hotel, and tour guide. If you feel that the tour guide did a great job, offering them extra tips is greatly appreciated.
• Guided tours and tour Fees ~ Our tour guides are very caring, licensed, and well educated. Many of our guides have their PhDs.
• Luggage handling (1 suitcase and 1 carry-on per person)
• Single Supplement If the passenger wants a guaranteed room of their own, they have to pay $1300 for a single supplement. As long as the passenger is willing to room with someone and allows us to provide them with a roommate the single supplement does not apply.
• Remember: Our trips are not more expensive during high season ~ Passengers will never be expected to pay extra for anything while on the trip.
• NOTE: If you wish to deepen your knowledge of the Catholic Faith as a preparation for this pilgrimage, we recommend the following book as it is faithful to the teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church (Imprimatur by ARCHBISHOP FELIPE AGUIRRE FRANCO): The Catholic Faith in Easy Terms. Introduction, Nihil Obstat, and Imprimatur by Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco.

• Lunch
• Trip Insurance. Work directly with Travel Guard to protect your investment and insure your money. There are different packages to choose from depending on your travel needs. Use the above link or the link right below the picture of the pope on our home page to visit their site.

1. Call us (855) 842-8001 or register online with a credit card and pay your $500 deposit per person to save your spot. The $500 deposit is part of the total price of the trip.
2. A $1,000 Additional Deposit (AD) per person is due one month from the registration. The AD is paid ONLY in the form of check (personal, money order, or bank check).
3. The balance is due 4 months before the trip departure date. The balance is paid ONLY in the form of check (personal, money order, or bank check).

Proximo Travel
PO Box 561
Auburn, MA 01501

Day 1: Departure from USA.

Day 2: Arrival. Visit the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Wall where the body of St. Paul is buried. It is the 2nd largest basilica in Rome and the 5th in the world. GO THROUGH THE HOLY DOORS. Check in the hotel and rest for a few hours, if time permits. In the afternoon, we will be visiting St. Mary Major, the main Basilica dedicated to Mary in Rome. We will see the remains of Jesus' manger, the tomb of Bernini, the remains of St. Matthew the Evangelist, the tomb of St. Jerome, and the oldest icon in the world of the Virgin Mary painted by St. Luke: the famous Salus Populi Romani. GO THROUGH THE HOLY DOORS. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

Day 3: Start the day around 9:30 am, by visiting the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel (the Pope's private chapel). Proceed to St. Peter's in the Vatican, the largest Basilica in the world. GO THROUGH THE HOLY DOORS. There will be time for private devotion, lunch and shopping for religious items that will be blessed by the Pope the next day during the Audience. Proceed to St. John Lateran, the first Basilica ever to be built in the Roman Empire and the Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. GO THROUGH THE HOLY DOORS. Visit the Scala Santa, the stairs on which Jesus walked in the residence of Pontius Pilate on Good Friday Long pants, capris, or skirts below the knee will be required and shoulders covered. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

Day 4: We will have an early start as our private bus takes us to the Vatican to experience the Audience with the Pope. There will be time for lunch in the Vatican area. Tour of the Colosseum from the outside, the symbol of the city of Rome; a great building that has been standing since 80 A.D. Then proceed to the Spanish Steps known for the area where the Romans gathered to meet followed by a walk to the Trevi Fountain. We will continue on from there to the Pantheon, the oldest functional building in the world. We will conclude by visiting the great artistic Piazza Navona. Dinner and overnight in Rome.

Day 5: On the way to San Giovanni Rotondo, visit Pietrelcina. This is the birthplace of Padre Pio. Dinner and overnight in San Giovanni Rotondo.

Day 6: Tour of St. Giovanni Rotondo: Visit the old church, Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Friary of Padre Pio, his tomb, cell, confessional, and we end the morning with the new church, the Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church. Dinner and overnight in San Giovanni Rotondo.

Day 7: Drive to Cascia to see the body of St. Rita and visit this great shrine. Dinner and overnight in Assisi.

Day 8: See the tombs of St. Francis, St. Clare, and the body of Blessed Carlo Acutis; enjoy a peaceful walk on the streets of Assisi. Dinner and overnight close to the airport in Rome.

Day 9: Fly to Krakow. Visit the Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the parish to which the family of Pope John Paul II belonged as he grew up. Visit Kalwaria where this great pope developed his Marian devotion in its shrine and, because of it, he chose his Papal Coat of Arms, Totus Tuus. Dinner and overnight in Krakow.

Day 10: After breakfast, off to Auschwitz where you will visit the impressive Holocaust Memorial. Continue to Harmeze, visit the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, and tour the Center of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Dinner and overnight in Krakow.

Day 11: Depart for Lagiewniki which is the capital of the Divine Mercy where Christ Himself wished to pass on to our generation, through the mediation of St. Faustina. The sanctuary houses grace-working images of Merciful Jesus and the relics of St. Faustina. Visit the Shrine of Divine Mercy, St. Faustina's convent chapel, and her tomb. See the displayed relic of Pope Saint John Paul II where his robe contains the blood stain from when he was shot in 1981. Depart for Wadowice, the birthplace of Karol Wojtyla. Visit the church he attended and was baptized as a child. Dinner and overnight in Krakow.

Day 12: After breakfast, take a bus ride north to Czestochowa in Jasna Góra. Visit Our Lady of Czestochowa, Poland's greatest pilgrimage shrine, where there will be Mass and visit The Black Madonna of Jasna Góra. Dinner and overnight in Krakow.

Day 13: Fly back home.

Please note: We do our best to ensure that all sites listed in this itinerary will be seen. However, due to scheduling conflicts, or other circumstances beyond our control, sites may be visited on a different day than listed. If this happens it will also necessitate a change in the restaurant for dinner. However, we will never sacrifice the quality of the meal, all restaurants will meet Proximo Travel's very high standards. Since we have several different trip configurations touring at the same time, it is likely that groups on different tours will be combined when their itineraries overlap in certain areas.